Liu Rushi smiled slightly and did not answer Wang Pu's question positively. Instead, he took out a combat plan from the folder he carried with him and handed it to Wang Pu, saying, "Mr. Marquis, this is the combat plan formulated by my family. Please review it."

"Oh?" Wang Pu said happily, "Jiannu just had some movement, and you had already formulated a combat plan?"

Liu Rushi said: "Didn't the Marquis say that Jiannu will go south after the autumn, and my family thinks so, so I have already started to formulate this combat plan two months ago."

"Very good." Wang Pu said, "This combat plan is left first. I will come back to study it carefully after I have attended the graduation ceremony of the Government Army University and the military parade of the 10th Battalion of the Central Army."

Nanjing Army Officers University is next to Yanziji Camp, and the two are only a few miles apart.

Originally, Wang Pu only planned to set up a military academy in Yangming University, with him personally serving as the dean, and then trained officer students according to the modern military model. But later, Wang Pu changed his mind and built a separate officer university outside Yangming University, named Nanjing Army Officers University.

The Military University has subjects such as infantry exercises, shooting, strategy and tactics, logistics, infantry and artillery coordination.

The most important contents are infantry exercises and logistics.

Infantry Warning is the most important thing for a musket team that relies heavily on dense firepower. If the formation cannot be maintained on the battlefield, it will not be possible to form a continuous dense firepower. If the enemy cannot maintain enough calmness at the moment, it will not be able to complete the tactical actions of loading, teaming, etc. that are usually trained, which will cause serious consequences.

Infantry Warnings rely on long-term training to turn tactical actions such as walking, loading, and marching into the instinct of soldiers or officers. Only when the officers are familiar with the complete warring rules can they be able to command operations in the future, and will not make mistakes in a hurry and cause big mistakes.

Logistics is a top priority.

A cold weapon army has relatively little dependence on logistics, especially an army like Mongolian cavalry and Jiannu, which relies on plunder, has almost no burden on logistics supplies. They can grab food on the spot at any time to support war, but a firearm army has a great dependence on logistics.

The ammunition consumption of the firearm army is amazing. A battle may consume hundreds of thousands of bullets, tens of thousands of Dragon King cannons and thousands of artillery shells! In order to march, individual soldiers carry very little ammunition and mainly rely on the logistics vehicles of the logistics team for transportation. The logistics vehicles are bulky and slow, and coupled with the slower artillery battalion, this puts forward high requirements for the logistics support of the firearm army.

The choice of marching routes, camping sites, rivers, bridges, etc. will all affect logistics. The logistics subjects set by the Officer University are to teach officers how to ensure the logistics supply of an army and how to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army.

Strategies and tactics depend entirely on personal talent. The only thing an officer university can do is to select classic battle examples from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad to make a collection for officer students to observe and learn. As for what officer students can learn from these classic battle examples, it all depends on them. It cannot be taught by rote memorization and cramming education.

At present, infantry and artillery coordination is still a decoration. With the current world's firepower level, infantry charges can be carried out only after the artillery is bombarded. There is no need for artillery suppression, so there is no need for infantry and artillery coordination. Wang Pu also set infantry and artillery coordination as an elective subject, and did not force officers to learn it.

The students who are about to graduate this period are not formal officers, but 200 generals in the crash course. Most of these 200 generals were selected from the Central Army, and some were selected from the garrison troops of various provinces. Li Chengdong, Gao Jinku, Li Benshen and other seven generals in Jiangbei were suddenly listed.

There is also a famous figure in official history, he is the eldest son of Zheng Chenggong, Fujian's general of coastal defense, Zheng Zhilong.

However, at this time, Zheng Chenggong was just a young man in his early twenties. In order to please Wang Pu, the governor of the five provinces, Zheng Zhilong sent Zheng Chenggong to Nanjing to study the Army Officer University. In fact, there was a lot of the intention of taking Zheng Chenggong as a hostage. Zheng Chenggong was born to Zheng Zhilong and the Japanese woman Takawa. Although he was the eldest son, he was not liked by Zheng Zhilong.

This crash course only lasted four months, and the time was very rushed. Fortunately, except for a very small number of people like Zheng Chenggong, the rest were either generals who had experienced many battles or the best selected from the Central Army. They themselves had good military literacy and military experience, and the subjects set were not too complicated. They could barely graduate in four months.

Wang Pu rushed to graduate from the crash course of the government army in September for two reasons.

First, most of the officers from crash courses were selected to enrich the CSKA, and second, they were selected among the students who had high theoretical level to stay in school to teach, because the first batch of students recruited by the Military University in September will be officially admitted.

In the auditorium of Nanjing Army Officers University, two hundred officers who were about to graduate were already here, each of them straightened their waists, holding their knees with their hands, and staring straight ahead without looking sideways. It was not that they were willing to do this, but because the military police of the Military Academy were staring at each other.

"The principal is here!"

The gendarmes standing at the entrance of the auditorium whispered their trombone, and the students in the auditorium stood up at the same time, turning their eyes to the gate with two hundred eyes.

Amid the sound of military boots hitting the shells on the ground, Wang Pu entered the auditorium with more than a dozen instructors.

"salute!"

The commander of the military police captain standing in front of the rostrum gave the order. The military police in the auditorium also had two hundred military policemen "Bang" kicking the ground with their right legs, then raised their right hands together and placed them on the brim of the hat, and honored Wang Pu as a standard military salute.

Wang Pu ignored it and went straight to the rostrum.

The eyes of all the military police and 200 students turned with Wang Pu's figure. Most of the students' eyes were burning when they looked at Wang Pu. In their minds, Wang Pu was a myth and a legend! This half was because Wang Pu did have many heroic deeds, and the other half was because there was always a cult of intentional or unintentional personality in military academy education.

As for the classic battle examples collected in the strategic and tactical courses, there are several battles commanded by Wang Pu. For example, the Battle of Songshan emphasized the "decisive role" of Wang Pu's surprise victory, and the surprise attack on Shengjing emphasized that Wang Pu's use of troops was like "an antelope hanging on its horns, no trace to be found". The transition to North Korea also reflected Wang Pu's "wise decision-making", and so on.

Never underestimate the power of personality cult. This thing can definitely describe the black as a white one, describe the exploitation as a contribution to the country, describe being fooled as a "lofty enlightenment", and also a "spirit of dedication to the leader" that can make people willingly fooled.

Of course, Wang Pu would never want to be an evil leader like Fatty Jin. But now he needs the absolute allegiance of the Central Army. If the Central Army wants to be absolutely loyal to him, the first thing he must do is to make the officers of the Central Army loyal to him. Therefore, Wang Pu had to make Nanjing Army Officers University the cradle for cultivating confidants.

With hundreds of eyes staring, Wang Pu walked to the podium calmly and waved to the students.

"After the ceremony, sit down!"

At the command of the military captain standing in front of the rostrum, two hundred students put down their right hands in unison and sat down together. They were still in the same sitting position, with their waists straight and their hands stroking their knees.

Wang Pu's eyes swept through the audience with a bright look for a week and began his speech.

"You... are going to graduate from Nanjing Army Officers University today, but as the president of the Military Officers University, I want to ask you a question."

Everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Pu, and needles fell in the auditorium could be heard.

"I don't ask what you learned in the Military Officers University? I don't ask what you plan after graduation? Do you want to stay in school to teach or want to lead troops from the CSKA? I just want to ask you, what... are officers!"

As Wang Pu finished speaking, Li Chengdong stood up and said proudly: "Principal, the officer is the commander who leads troops, the soul of an army!"

"Okay, sit down!" Wang Pu said happily, "The officer is the commander who leads the army, the soul of an army! Whether an army can fight and whether it has the fighting spirit, you can tell by looking at their commander!"

"A soldier is a greedy man, and a greedy man! If the commander of an army is a greedy man, fearing death, timid and cowardly man, then the entire army can only be a vulnerable mob! If the commander of an army is a fearless and powerful man, then his army must be a unit that dares to fight and fight!"

"The Central Army is a heroic army, an elite army. I don't want the soldiers who are afraid of death in my army, and I can't tolerate the appearance of timid and cowardly officers in my army. You are the first batch of graduates of the Military University. Although I am the president of the Military University, I am the supreme commander of the Central Army. I can only evaluate you with the strictest requirements."

"I can tell you clearly that the newly formed CSR 10th Battalion lacks a large number of officers, especially those under the squadron leader, but I also want to tell you that just ten days ago, more than 100,000 Mongolian cavalry had entered the pass, and in less than half a month, Jiannu would go south in large numbers."

"This will be a decisive battle related to the national destiny of the Ming Empire. The newly formed 10th battalion will participate in this decisive battle as the main force. If you enter the 10th battalion, there is no need to hide it. Many of you will die in the battlefield. You choose to enter the General Staff or stay in the school to teach. This is not embarrassing. It is embarrassing to escape on the battlefield and it is even more harmful!"

"Now, those who are willing to come to the CSKA new 10th Battalion, please stand up!"

"I'll go!"

As soon as Wang Pu finished speaking, Li Chengdong stood up.

"I'll go too!"

Zheng Chenggong, who was only twenty years old, also grew up, and his fair and handsome face was full of excitement. His eyes looked at Wang Pu were burning, as if two balls of fire were burning inside! For a young man like him, if he could follow Wang Pu's command to fight on the battlefield, it would be exciting to think about it.
Chapter completed!